Teaching Assistant

Flourish Education are recruiting a Teaching Assistant to work in an Ofsted rated ‘Good’ Nursery School near Alum Rock to join their support staff on a long-term basis. The nursery school is very child-centred and the children spend much of their day engaged in self-directed learning.

Our client wants to appoint a passionate EYFS Teaching Assistant who has a good knowledge of the EYFS curriculum and encourages students to reach their full potential. The school is child led and free flowing meaning children choose to engage in a range of different activities, indoors and outdoors.

This Teaching Assistant role will start immediately and will continue until the end of the academic year. The position is full time, the hours are 8:30am – 4pm Monday – Thursday and 8:30am – 3:30pm on a Friday.

Required Skills and Experience for this Teaching Assistant role:

• Experience working in schools in the UK
• Minimum Level 3 Early Years qualification
• Experience in EYFS
• Effectively manage the behaviour and engagement of the children
• Motivating and encouraging the children
• Support with learning and development
• Commitment to the role

Working for Flourish Education as a Teaching Assistant you will receive:

• £85.02 day rate to £100 day rate which equates to £16,578.90 per annum to £19,500 per annum based on working 5 days a week for a full school year
• The option of PAYE or Umbrella
• Holiday Pay - for PAYE candidates 12.07% of your day rate is accrued into your holiday pot
• Pension Contributions
• Free KCSIE compliant Safeguarding and Prevent Duty Training inclusive of modules relating to legislation, FGM and abuse
• £100 welcome to the team bonus
• Refer a Friend bonus scheme
• Regular contact throughout the registration process and once you are at work

This Teaching Assistant position is located in Alum Rock, which is easily commutable from Nechells, Bordesley Green, Stechford, Aston, Saltley, Small Heath, Castle Bromwich and most areas of Birmingham via car, bus and train.

To apply for this Teaching Assistant role or to discuss it further, please contact Paige Skinner at Flourish Education

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Flourish Education Ltd is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects every candidate to share this commitment. All candidates are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Flourish Education is acting as an employment and business agency.

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Flourish Education have been building strong relationships with educational establishments and top talent since 2010; supplying teachers, teaching assistants and non-teaching staff into schools, colleges, children's centres and nurseries across the West Midlands. We recognise that every school has their own unique culture, community and specific recruitment challenges and by understanding the needs of the schools we work with and getting to know our candidates, we are able to match the right candidate to the right school. Whether you are looking for daily supply, long term or a permanent teaching position, we are the first choice education recruitment agency for Teachers & Teaching Assistants across the West Midlands. We are currently recruiting for Teachers, Early Career Teachers (ECT), Teaching Assistants (TA’s), Learning Support Practitioners, Learning Support Assistants, Head Teachers, Assistant Principals, Senior Leadership Team (SLT) members, experienced School Administrators, Bursars, Caretakers and Lunchtime Supervisors to join our team in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Telford and Wrekin, Wolverhampton, Worcester and Walsall.

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